Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1924, Page 29

'SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1924. SPORTS. 29 Manager Sisler Is Contemplating Complete Reorganization of Browns for 1925 PILOT CONVINCED PRESENT AGGREGATION CANNOT WIN Several High-Priced Stars of Club, Including Shock- er, Williams, McManus and Severeid, Reported as Available for Trades. BY JOHN B. . LOUIS, November 13.—A reorganization of the S is reported to be George Si S Shocker, FOSTER. . Louis Browns cr's plan, as he is convinced he can- not win a pennant with the team as it now stands. 1 pitcher with a disposition that is perfectly good when he is not crossed, but who has a mind of his own, is one of the players that St. Louis seems ready to pass on if it can get as good a pitcher in return. Williams, McManus and Severcid also are reported to be on the | market if there are any clubs willing to go hig something of a hitter, IThey make up a vital t of the liams is a felt fielder and baseman and Severeid a catcher. Wil- second h enough for them McManus a St. Louis team. but Sisler is reported to feel that they are not so amenable to his management as others might there was a the St. Louis team ot all ef plavers have heen convineed a first baseman at the bottom of the ganization cropping up in the 1924 Spring train ing season The plavers, howeve hid any such feeling f it they had it, and talk anything el about that before his illness Later there were two or three on the team ho ined to lie pessimistic and to the th t hapr however. ual. Another thing t ¥ be influ- encing the Brov gement in making-changes is the fact were it has heen believed that | p ring within a ring on|salaried men. The the | er as he is| This probably lies | plans for reor- | began | | the team without gre: | the their hope that|ers and should bring g Sisler's evesizht would be as good as | : 2| contender to et him if he has ever | York “an that the | place for him be. » market club owners may getting their high- yers put on t not feel money’s priced st that they are worth out of these Were St. Louis to and buy pla who W 1 opre as useful to the team it would larse mey. But if isfactory es can bp m: a injection of pep might he "t expense, for good hall play- d players ir sat- new into men offered are retu ] S . in particular, ought to be 3 good trading player. 1t would be to the advautage of every pennant Cleve- New one more r in him land, Detroit, Washington and might profitably mak Star Evolves CHAPTER XIIL BY H. G. SALSINGER. HE turning point in Ty Cobb's | career came in 1907, the year that Hughie Jennings took charge of the Dectroit teamn as man- ager. The Detroit team had enough power, but there had been lacking a leader to harness this power. Jennings proved to be that man. There never lived a keener judge ©f base ball talent than the re headed Jenning: Few men have been his equal. He had heard about Cobb and he was ecager to sees him. After getting his first look at the youngster Jentings formed his judg- ment. He watched him closely a week and then ignored him entirely. Cobb noticed the slizht and spoke about the matter to a fricndly news- paper writer. The newspaper man told Jennings that Cobb was hurt because he was ignoring him. Inel- dentally he asked Jennings why he did not pay some attention to Cobb, since the boy showed a certain amount of promise. Jennings sald he would take the matter up with Cobb. In the meantime he would assure the writer that he had in no way neglected Cobb. He had fully observed that young man and his mind was made up as far as he was concerned. Advice of Jennings. Jennings took Cobb aside the same evening. “My boy,” began Jennings, “you may think I've been overlooking you. 1 haven't anything of the kind. I've been watching you closely, and I want to tell you this: There isn't a thing about base ball that I can teach vou. Anything I might say to you would simply hinder you in your de- velopment. The only thing for you to do is to go ahead and do as you please. You just use your own juds- ment. You can teach yourself better and get along faster than by the aid of any man I know. Now just go ahead and work things out in your own way and do what you think s best, and I'll back you.” The next morning Jennings met the nmewspaper man on his way to the training grounds. “I think you'll better work from now on,” the new manager. “Do you think he has the making of a good ball player?” asked the newspaper man. Jennings took him by the arm and answered slowly: “Listen to me! He has the making of the greatest ball player that ever lived, and that's exactly what he will be within the next three years. Mark my word and play that as strong as you like. You can't go wrong.” An Exclusive Story. The newspaper man took Jennings’ word. He played his opinion in eight- column lines. He did not go wrons. Jennings adhered to his decision. He let Cobb attend to his own de- velopment. He never gave him or- ders. He permitted him to “run wild.” There has never been another play- er who was such a law unto himself as Cobb. No other manager would have handled him as Jennings did, and it would have been impossible for Cobb to develop under another man the way he did under Jennings. Another man would have tried to make Cobb part of a machine and Cobb could never have developed as one of a whole; to develop he had to be one, all alone and apart from the whole. Jennings, great judge of playing talent, realized this. Also he Tealized that, permitted to be a law unto himself, Cobb would be far more Valuable than Cobb as a spoke in a wheel, figuratively speaking. ~He could let Cobb play his own game and create _opportunities trom which the would benefit. e hnings studied Cobb from the standpoint of psychology, as well as from mechanical playing standard from _mechanical playin® ~ o — see Cobb do a lot observed Let Us Rebuild Your TIRES Guaranteed 5,000 miles, and against blow-outs within 2 months. Save 7 to 3 cost of new tires. WASHINGTON TIRE REBUILDING CO. 1414 14th St. N.W. Hughie Jennings’ Tact— Cobb’s Turning Point. Envy and Jealousy. He knew that Cobb, being what he was, could not work with other men. Cobb, as he was, could not shape hi play to conform with that of other: for there was no one else near his style, nor was there any other man that could fit into the system that Cobb used. He was adagted to his own system; other men were not, either mechanically or mentally. The perfect freedom that Jennings gave Cobb enabled him to cut loose. Having only himself to consid Cobb was in no way hampered by signals and team pl He did en- gage in a certain ambunt of team play, but never when with his_individual game. He was never subjected to any of the rules that applied to ther men. He rare- ly ever showed up for morning prac- tice and rarely ever did he report be fore the opening of the season. Cobb never went to bat with instructions He could bunt or hit, as he saw fit He was not subject to the signal of the men coaching at first or third. He ran as he pleased, While this method enabled Cobb to develop to the fullest possible e tent, it made Jennings' position ex- tremely delicate. Other players not see why they had to report for Spring training when Cobb did not. Other play- ers could never see why they had to get up in the morning and go to the ball park and practice when Cobb did not. Other players could not under- stand why they had to be back in uniform at 1:30 o'clock when Cobb rarely got to the park until an hour later and sometimes was not on the fleld when play started, a substitute going to his position. These protests often reached Jennings' ears, and he had_but one reply: “Whats YOUR batting average?’ (Tomorrow: Chapter XIIl—Revo- lution.) Copyrighted, 1021, in the United States, (e ana Great Britain by North Ameri- can Newspaper Alliance. ~All rights re served.) ELLIOTT BASKETERS NOSE OUT TRINITYS Sandlot foot ball i8 not on its last legs by any means, but basket ball is coming more and more to the front until at the present time there are quite a few tossers preparing for the Winter sport. What probably was the first court game of the season was played vesterday between the Elliott and Trinity Junior fives, the former barely managing to win, 34 to 33. Eleven points behind at the' start of the third period, the Elliotts open- ed up with evervthing they knew, and by a fine spurt in the closing minutes of play clinched the game. Short and Chapple of the Elliotts, and Berlinski of the losers, were the out- standing players. Teams in the 123-pound class may obtain games with the St. Mary's five of Alexandria by calling Manager Louls Latham at Alexandria 1102, Ellis Goodman will coach the Boys' Club Yankees. Manager Brick Neu- mann is seeking games at 633 M street. Smithfield tossers are to report Sunday, at 1 o'clock, at Fifth and K streets. RADIATORS, FENDERS —made or repaired. New ones. Also bodies repaired like pew. WITTETATT'S R. AND F. WORKS, 318 13th 410 1421 P._F. '5036. it interfered | could | | {HAGEN AND WALKER TO BATTLE ON LINKS | | c Y TN - NEW YORK, November 13.—Walter Hazen, British open golf champion, and Cyril Walker, American open golf | champion, agreed to to play a -hole mateh in Florida some time | January, Jing to announce- ment by Rob Harlow, who is to | promote the | The first 36 holes probably will be | played in Miami, and it has been set- tled that the final 36 holes will be contested over the new Bear Creck Country Club course at Pasadena- on-the-Gulf. This will be the fourth year in which the winners of the Rritish and America onen whampionships have met in o singles match. Last son Arthur Havers, th British champion, defeated Bobby Jones, the American titleholder, in a 36-hole match at® Atlanta, and the previous r Gene Surazen, the American | champion, defeated Hagen, who also {held the British title in 1922, In 1921 Jim Barnes, the American open king, vanquished Jock Hutchi- son, winner of the British crown. HOPPE SHOWS OLD WIZARD WITH CUE| NEW YORK. November 13.—Willle | Hoppe. wor 18%2 balkline billiard champion, gave one of the most con- vincing Dits of evidence of his w Ardry at the game yesterday when he ran 600 points in five innings and de- ited Albert Cutler, junior cham- . in the first two blocks of their ial 1,200-point match at the Hoppe adem the afternoon he ran 300 polnts lto Cutler's 15 in three innings, getting his toial in 26 minutes and making « hizh run of 191. In the evening he Gid even better, getting his 300 points in two innings while Cutler was scoring 2 caroms. He made 96 in the first inning and an unfinished run of | 205 in the second. The circumss the play make s attendant upon Hoppe's performances | a1l the more remarkable. Since last av, when he met Young Jake efer on the Pacific Coast, Hoppe playved in an 18.2 match, de- voting his time since then to three- | cushions, at which he has been re- markably successful against some of the leading players in the three-cush- ton ranks. The balkline champion returned to this city yesterday after a 1,200-mila ride from Minneapolis, |w¥ere he had been playing three- | cushtons. His train was late in ar- | riving and he had no opportunity to irest or practice before he went to | the academy to meet Cutler. | When he arrived at the academy, | Hoppe found that his favorite cue had been mislatd and was compelled to use another. Here was a chain of cir. | cumstances that might have caused another player to crack. | Hoppe's touch was never more deli- cate, his cuing never more fluent and | so accurate was his position play that it was only at rare intervals that he | was compelled to drive for positions. BANQUET TO BE HELD BY PIGEON FANCIERS The twenty-fifth annual banquet of the racing pigeon fanciers of | Washington will be held tonight at| | 1404 Park road. Reservations have | been made for 75 members and friends. Harry C. Burke will act as toast-| master and among others to whom | toasts have been assigned are Messrs. | {Norwood, Pennington, Johnstone, | Huntt, Moore, Krous and Hixon. | 1 medals will be awarded F. H. Crown for best average racing in the | | series of old birds and to John H.! | Holmead for best average in the| | young bird races, and a silver medal | | to Edward Dieste for best average. in | {the old bird flights over the south-| | western course. | | Arrangements will be made for a| | series of races for the Spring of 1925, | | | including a grand national race from Chattanooga, Tenn. The national race from this point was inaugurated dur- ing the past vear, and is participated | in by fanciers whose lofts are not| {less ‘than 400 miles air line from| | Chattanooga, or embraces the ter-| | ritory covered by a semi-circle, with |a radius of 400 miles from Chat- tanooga and bounded by St. Louls on | the west and Richmond on the east,| |and includes, besides the cities men tioned, Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Clev {1ana. 'Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Reading, | isburg, New York, Philadelphia. | more, Washington and others. ' | In the race of this year John Holmead | won third national honors and Messrs. | | Pennington, fifth. | _Officers of the local concourse are: | {John H. Holmead, president; E. J.| Kelly, vice president, and W. F. | Dismer, secretary-treasurer. | Several of the famous hunt clubs ill existing in England were found- |ed early In the seventeenth century. LLLLL LS LTI LI AL LI IS L LI 2 Money Loaned on | Automobiles | Apply Mr. Herman i 1423 L St. N.W. | CENTRAL AUTO WORKS | 441451 Eye St. N.W. | Phone Franklin 6805 ] General Automobile Repairing. Fender and Body Repairing. Chassis Straightening and | Welding. 1| Blacksmithing Spring | ‘Work. Upholstering. and Trimming. Painting and Lettering. - {] Body Building. and ON CREDIT “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down Balance Monthly T. 0. PROBEY C0. 2104 Pa. Ave. NW. Store No.2 1200 H St. N.E. GEORGE V. ROTAN TELLS Francis OQuimet’s Two Supreme Putts HE best played hole T ever saw? Well, I was about to say that it was the 410-yard thirteenth at Brookline in 1922, when Jess Swect- ser and Chick Evans were battling in the finals for the amateur championship. A You sece, after both had made fine drives, Evans, who was 2 or 3 down, laid his second shot on the green 10 feet from the hole. Then Sweetser stepped up, and with his celebrated spade mashie dropped his ball inside Evans’ and not more than four feet from the cup. He was down in a birdie 3, to Chick’s 4. That was great golf, but not Guite 0 good, 1 belleve as that played by Sweetser and Bobby Jones in an ler round of the same tournament. On the 320-yard second hole, at the start of the morning round, after both had made drives of approximately 235 yards, Sweetser holed his mashle second shot for an eugle 2. From where Jones had to play the green was half blind—that is to say, he could not see the bot- tom of the flag-—so he went up and gave the ground a very careful look- ing over. Then he walked back, took his stance and made a really heroic effort to halve the hole. His ball| wind. There was every possibility was on a direct line toward the cup. | that he might be short and take three but it stopped nine inches short. t5 get on, which Marston, although That was the best played hole T|in the rough, was sure to do. syer cven better, 1 think, than| — Afrer trudging all the way up the the remarkable one staged by Pil|pjj ang examining the lay-out, Jerry Carter of New York and “Buck™|,..q a full cleek and tore off a beau- Whittemore of Brooklyn in the finals ' 1 of the North and South championship at Plnehurst some years ago. Carter, who beat Whittemore, found hole. himself up against a tough Proposi-| VRt poen gl el Mare tion on one hole—a 145-yard affair. : o Alonvon e ye | ston. after his poor drive, got an Buek” put his tee shot etone dead | jnadequate second shot, leaving him o ve Hot one 't win this, ‘Buck | Short of the green and still to the ] left. Nevertheless, he pitched his said Carter, and he proceeded forth- | pirq ooyt ieless . with to make the hole In 1. thizd elght feet from ithe cup and m sank his put, halving the hole and Jerry Travers was the best player | (o ¢’ maten under pressure I ever saw, 1 belleve. | One shot which he made will always 1 never saw a better cleek shot, live in my memory. . | though, than that one of Jerry's. It was in the national amateur tournament at Detroit in 1915. Com- ing down the stretch with Max Mar- ston in the round before the semi- finals, Jerry was 2 down with two holes still to be played. The seventeenth hole is 430 yards in length. The second shot is up a steep hill, with the flag visible at the top, but not the surface of the green Jerry got a good drive, but Mar- ston hooked to rough at the left. The chance was there for Travers to reduce '3 opponent’s lead, but it Wwas not an easy opportunity, for he had to play nearly 200 yards up the steep hill and straight into a stiff ball stopped 10 feet short and he got down In 4, seemingly sure of the (Coprright, 1 | from the tiful shot straight for the pin. His| Inside Golf By Chester Horton. Some of the diseanes of golf are common, and, unpleaxant as it ix to have to sny many golfers affiicted with of the commao of these. It Ix habit of jerking the clubhend back from the hall with aquick, violent ex- ertion, instead of drawing it away CHART OF THE BACK SWING | eastly, gracefully, with rhythm, al- mont without no- ticeable eflort. When the club ix D, | literally jerked | away the stroke ix almost_certain to | be bad becnuse you cannot jerk your way Into rhythm. The golf stroke | requires rhythm of movement above everything elve, and the quick, jerky | action in the swing has the same ef. fect that quick, jerky ste) would have in ordinary walking. e slow, rhythmic start of the clubhead awny e of the great cure- | all f. Cultivate thix one habit | | and make 1t g fixed ryle. With thix | n regular part many | ¢ your faultx Wil vanixh. | Start slowly and keep the clubhead | l1ow to the gr . (Conyright, 1924.) BURNS, GIVEN RELEASE | Club, in | out In 37. MACKENZIE’S GOLF GOOD IN DRILL FOR BIG MATCH subtlc and insidious while others are P RACTICING yesterday over the course on which he wiil play in ai exhibition golf match with Dave Thomson next Sunday against Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell, Roland R. MacKenzie, the schoolboy amateur golf champion of the District, had a carg of 76, 6 over %ar. MacKenzie played with Thomson, W. R. McCallum and Fred D. axton at Washington Golf and Country Club. The best ball of Mac- Kenzie and Thomson was 69, 1 under par, while the best ball of Mac- Kenzie and McCallum, who played the other pair, was 65, 5 under par..” The round yesterday was Mac- | Kenzie's last chance to play the course, as he leaves tonight for Nor- The two MacKenzies, Roland, Arthur B. Thorn of Town and Country Club, Robert T. Garnett, pro- Albert and folk, where he will play tomorrow | fessional, and Danny Horgan, assist- over the course of held there tomorrow and urday. four yesterday, with a 75, McCallum | ton belng 77, and Paxton 84. MacKenzie started with a pair of | birdies, a 3 on the first hole and a 2 on the second hole. His tee shot at the third hole found the ditch paralleling the falrway, but he was | The best ball of Thomson | and MacKenzie yesterday would hardly be good enough to hold Sara- | zen and Farrell, but they doubtiess | will do better next Sunda Aside from the interest In the mateh with two local players paired | q against a duo of recognized profes- | slonal stars, members of Washin ton Golf and Country Club are in- terested in whether any member of the four-ball match breaks the par of 70 in the two rounds to be played on Sunday Par has veen equaled only once pect to quit Cobb sa player-n | field when he BY REDS, MAY BE PILOT | CINCINNATI, ovember 13— | George Durns, veteran right fielder, of the Cincinnati Nationals, has been given his unconditional release It has been reported that he fs| slated to manage a club in the Pa- cific Coast League and never broken at Washington. The holes are not only long, but the pen alty on many of the holes for a mis-| NEW placed tee shot or badly hit second | Mac shot 1s severe. All this militates against low scoring, and any man who breaks 70 over Washington Golt and Country Club’s course will have to be straight and far. petition. uch popularity must e deserved e | = in popular taste. So, to account for Chesterfield’s Chestertield convert critics into enthusiasts, hether for a new school of music or for a cigarette, requires something more than luck. There’s sound reason for every big swing swift rise, look to the cigarette itself, its tobaccos, its blending—in short, its taste. . This one thing alone — its de- cidedly better taste—explains why thousands of men are changing from other cigarettes to Chesterfield. CIGARETTES : COBB EXPECTS TYGERS TO BE IN VAN IN 1925 ASHEVILLE, N. C.,, November 13— Tyrus Raymond Cobb does not ex active playing on the Detroit team of which he is manager. id with regard to the report that the season of 1924 was his last he would play in probably of the gamea next Summer, using Manush in center in the game. He said that he would have a much better pitching staff next season and ed to be “up In front from the WILL PAIR YORK, 2 at Tampa. Fla., Princess Anne|ant pro. at Chevy Chase Club, and Mel the open tournament to be |Shorey, former Manor Club pro., will leave tonight for Norfolk. They will { Thomson had the best card of the | all take the boat back to Washing- aturday afternoon, arriving here early Sunday morning. WITH BARNES. ovember 13.—Wilile arlane, one of the Metropolitag district's leading professional golfers, has signed to appear with Jim Barnes at the Temple Terrace Country Club in the Winter com- [ }